Divided last.



ffl. 0. KRENTLER,

DVIDED LAST.

APELIGATIUN FILED MAR, 1s, 190s.

Patented 6015.20, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1,

.n a q Lim/QJ Mfg/WA E. (L lHENTLER, DYDIID LAST. MPLIGMION FILED ma. le, 1901s.'

lagentea Got. 20, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2` UNITED Asninrns rnrnnr EDWIN O. KRENTLER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO llllhlTLRAHNOld) lilhll LAST COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A OORPORTlON OF 'Miilhii mvnnn LAST.

v y i Specification of Letters Paten-t.

Patent-@dnn 52D, l1 QUE.

Application filediarch 16, 1908; Serial No. 4:21,'"21

To ali 'fw/mm it may concer/ri:

Be it known that I, Eownv O. KnENfrLnln a citizen of the United States, residingalt Detroit, in the county of Wayne und State of il/lichigan, have invented nn ln'iprovenient in Divided Lasts, of which the follow@ ing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like lei'ers on the drawings representing like Tarts.

Ylhe slide last and the swing last (types oif which are shown in the Krentler last pnt ents No. (503,790 and No. 76-l,89-l, and in the Gordon Ylast patents No. 500,711, and No. 419,877) have each their respective advan tages' long recognized by the trade, the slide last being superior in Sonie respects, especially as a follower or second. last. but, because of various' practical disadvantages of nninntzntnre of the saine and. use, it has nevel' reached prominence commercially, and accordingly my present invention aims to combine the advantages of both of these types ot lest in one and the saine last, while eliminating the disadvantages thereof.

Brieliy stated iny invention, in its broader aspect, resides in providing a divided lest with ine-ans whereby the heelfpzirt slides obliqnely downwardly end rearwardly to lengthened position when being inserted in n shoe. but swings upwardly, ne one pivot, to shortened position when heine` removed iroin the shoe. The dging or sliding downward movement pe vits the last to get into the shoe easily With-,ini danger of injuring the shoe lining' or counter, Whereas the swinging upward movement permits the heel-part of the last to niet ont of the shoe easily. The advantages of the sliding downward' move nient are well set forth in the lVright pat ent` No. (566,726, and it will berendiiy nndersood withont further explanation that the wedgring; or sliding` movement gives the last ensy entrance to the shoe, and inasmuch as .lze rear surface of the heel-part engages the lining' or inner surface of the counter portion ol" the shoe with a, direct outward thrust and substantially Without any sliding or downvard :Frictional pressure onthelining, there is an entire absence of any tende envy to disturb ouwrinkle the lining or to break the counter. But it is exceedingly difficult to a sliding lai.; ontV of the shoe. The last is then in inverted position onntlie jack spindle, and the ordinary Way afgetting. the heel-mrt oli n. lostont ol? the shoe is to press downwardly on the roe pin-ii, thereby cznisinlig` the jack. spindle io-exert sniicient twisting' leverage on the heel-port to dislodge it i'roin the shoe, an .nh-own ii Aic n.) Barlow patent No. 562" inn; iliis nnnve nient or leverage has so little inliniffnee on sliding heel-pari. that' it is coninion lor operator not only lo prese flown on lLne but also to the het-i downwardly by presenb slmnl; oi tr eline, and this ien and disloit llie fil-:roe and. to ini-ali rind in snch an obliqncly sivingdiecl oil' Fitz parte are so jointed tha* order to nieve to shortein. he lifted with the in lint by proiier conneeii 1,- enddividingg; tie heel-Wirt fr ,n part along n line severance which neri the last, when on the g i-ipiinllr :ie :-sta,1.'e `l, to break :ind to nii *i ln:clp=.nit to @sin ytially slide :indy It 'lient @imo erance is elimini; and el'. heel-pnrt may almost, he said io slide., lint ns. the heel-puri is; iinniovnhly eecnred to the hingepliite so that it has no pivotal nier*- inent except nhont the erepnrt pivot, the :A snit is that the rein? mirino@ the heel-next of he lest can only enter the lieelqoert oi the shoe' by `a downward nim-'ement over the "shoe lining and counter, nndcennoi engage the letter by the direct ontivngrd thr iet above explninechnnd moreover, in order to get even the grndiial swingingincrement ci lie Tyler patent, it; is necessary to place the hinwe pivot far foi-Werd towards the toe und i' the bottonn Truent (end "chis is, eqnaliytine oi Cole, No. 57i/E375) on thi r lnnid. althoughdisclosing nl conernei i :in nimh the lieel-part is capeoie ei"` hot-h e.. mi and a sliding inovenien dees not. diselos in any way my invention, innsmtioh es the swinging of tho heel-part. ezt :titer it has escaped from heetpart moet slide down int n only take place the Shoe, vf. e., the o the shoe and 5 moet oleo Slide np ont ot' the shoe, the line-3 of h that, ".vheii the hiet is in len; the Shoe, there ie no een r the last by the lever o. u mill/a hy eiving the heelli'l pfirt n swinzl, fnoven'ifw as about pivot,

in order to h At t of the Shoe, :ind hence there if; the seine difficulty in getting the lest ont of the shoe :is before. y i

Further advantages of my inventi be pointed ont in the Course of the following on will v a from snifting;

o lgs. link hin ge or joint i ilel or 4ne oon neei on.

ln frying ont my invention it i i 'e for-epe nid heel-part 2, :as

iter?, no or pron o' ends, that take pleur, tiret, i heer-pmt een ie `ihoe so sie to inet the t-rezirA es dietingnishezl `gaping movement,

is esfeejoi "s by the This ithont injnrj. and likewise to the shoe w1 i re or ont ot the Shoe the jack Spindle. entrzniee to the ,lust 'ci' not-g, lining' or clfnniter, Y remo'ifnl without injury noni: or zipper,

Referring novi to n U i l* 1hr li':i.wi1'ig.f-;, in prered wmtrmati in l'i;h l :ind 2, it will he en tliet the roer ent \t the orepfirt l i prm ided v-l' u iping' i'ililiqne ivnll ."5

` io 'oint l rind Adendintgy; :troni the 'y to the liottoino the lost -mz rt 2 h ne :t conipnrmively ep oblique non l at Home :ingle :is 'the il o :ind hitting nn'innn 'the saine from upf (ill provinitely the point 4-, sind pref rnbly ei\- tendin j i 'e or loa.k niiove i ir nie :in indi- "ed t the rwnrd opper (if 'the point b being o enoe, the.

:t Steeper Lelel preferably ont aw l 'to interfere with the 1nA l of the shoe when the last is being in removed from the letter. The two lnsthpnrts l and 2 shown :is permanently connected l by :t link or hinge plate 10, to the opposite ends of which the respective last parts are 'freely pivoted by pins l1 and 1.2 respectively. The pivots und link are so located that when Il l-ist parts ere in lengthened position as i shown in Afull lines Fie: l, the two end walls i 5 and 7 at against en ch r not tion sorted or raged byv a. jack pin 13, and a dovvnw toe of th Swing and c nm, pivoting so on the pin l2 a compound sliding away from the lin- Esi f so as to get the benefit of and swinging movement .ing and counter of the shoe. The upper jlront end of the heel-port must oi" coin-.se be "epzirated from the wall or face by :t snlioient gap Vto permit the swinging movement mentioned and while it is not neceseary 'that tnie` p She ll have the extent .shown between iiees 3 and 8, it must be Substantially between the face l and :i

ojection of the face 7 (als ed line position u, of the ol to the ongle I con nnation or pr shown in il e dott l i. l-port) ln my preferred and most complete conf struction, I prefer that the heel-port shall permitted to have en actual sliding en gn, ement with the lorepart both in going into the shoe and in drawing ont of the shoe, and to this end l provide zi slotted link, the slot being i'nefernhly the heel end of the link is indicated :it 14C, although by reversing said link .so that Said slot ooinee in the f it'orepnrt much the saine result is effected.

lf desired, the link may be provided With opposite slots as shown at l5, 16, Fig. 7. The idea 1S toperznit the two pivot-s 1l :1nd

l2 ach other at times or in ernnt the downward-Slide ie npwrird-slide-swing of the heel-part `with relation to the forepart, and it will be i [i understood that lf do not restrict myself to l to approach e other Wordsto p and tl :i slotted link :is the means of permitting` the movement as it lcan be lSecured in various nini to the slotted new (sce potent of Clerk, No. 534,856). As :i Single link confford Sufficient re- Straine.- l provide 'renderingthe last gainst lateral shitting, strains, Said ineens beingV groove 17 in the bottoni the forepart, and n projec projettingfrom the :front heel-part to lit said groove l nays, :ind l n'inke 'no ol g link f 'o' se, ne that is not v i l ction would not alone i @tance against twisting pel-ating ineens for 1 Steady and .firm n ing :ind like in shown :is a i enfl or ooi-nen of Vtion or pin 1R lower end of the eoroie or recess 17 when the lust `parte are in longthened position.

In Fig. 3 I have shown one of many possihle modifications, this oonstruetion however being less eii'icient than that already describedinstead of forming the intervening gap between the upper seoaut ends of the l'orepart and heel-part hy cutting away the upper end of the torepart at an angle to J@le lower end Wall ol? the lorepart, I have sllou'n the rear end of the 'forepurt as provided with a single oblique secant Wall 19 extending' from the crown ofthe last straight down to the bottom, the upper forward portion ol' the heel-partheiiig out away at 20 from an intermediate point so positioned with relation to the connecting means or link l() as to permit the heel-part to he turned with a ewingiugj movement on the point 2l .as a fulerui'n :tor disengaging the heel-part from the counter portion ol' the shoe in the process ol removal. Below the point i/l the heel-part has an oblique euri'ace thesanie :is the surfuee 'l' et the previously described eonstriurlion. The Wall il() must he suliciently long,r so as to bring,- the point 2l toward the bulloni of the last a su'liicient distanee to Cause the heel-part lo swing' upwardly Without any lengthening movement, and it will readily be understood that this point 1will depend also to some extent upon the angle or ohliouity ot the diagonal line of out rihe gap between 'the upper portions of the i'oreoort and heelparl'., permits in each inetance the desiredy initial. pivoting or swinging' oli the heel-part tor removal from the shoe and yet the ohiique lines of out lpern'iit the desired slidin@u movement for entrance into the shoe, the last parts in each instance heine' connected hy ,suoli ineane as will not interfere with theeln i ,ed movements. I

il already slated, my invention is capable ol a wide range of varieties of cuts. and Con- .u/.wtious, the only essential., so 'far as conwonneetinoj links or niei'nhers are so posi- .into the shoe and swing out of the shoe. but. ou 'lne contrary is coninelhu to move in bothy lionml and pivoted that. the last cannot slide direetions along exactly the saine line oi" mingling rnovernent.

lu use, in pulling' the shoe oil' the last all lhal "s nw'essary to do with this last to heini the toe down and the foi-eport Will more ou the heel-part iu a manner quite similar to an ordinary hinged lust, but preferably with the addition oitA some sliding movement, esperially in the construction of Figs. l and 2, and the slauting portion then permits the hoel-part to slip under the V orepartwith a coi'itiiuiation of said owing'- ing' or hingiug movement. 'lhe leuliher of the shoe maintains a steady pressure on the last when in the shoe, and in pulling the lust out ot the shoe this pressure tends to hold the heel-part against the orepart, thereby givingjust the requisite additional sliertening movementto the last necessary to prevent absolutely all tendency of breaking' the shank of the shoe and straining' the upper (which disasters are Common with regular hinged lasts) and veu hee-anse of the location of the angle el. Figs. l and 2, and the angle 2l? Fig. ALl, with reference to the von neetion l0, or, rather because of the mutual arrangement of the lioint connections and the angular out including' the walls 5, 7 and 3, Figs. l and 52, and the Walls 19. 20 und Q2 Fig. 3, the heelqiart, when subjected to the prying action o'l the post. lll of the jack, tends to fulerlnn on vthe ainijular point 'l, Figs. l and Q, or il Figi'. il. sind thereby niet an initial swinging movement out of the heel of the shoe. lie. however, there is onlyT one controlling;A lnhv or eonneetion .llh and this Connection is of such u nature that it per mits the l'leel-part to keep in. contact with the lorepart as well as lo pivot freely :it l2, this swinging movement is uooon'ipanied hy o, sliding movement. the surface i sliding along' or over the corner l until the rorner 8 engages the eur'lfaf'o il, litige. l and il, :is the surliaee 'i' gets into longitudinal alineuient with. said surface Il, v-:hereupon the subsequent shortening' movement isA thereafter mainly a sliding movement ol the surface i' alontgy the surface il. 'lhis swinging' moveinent or rapaeity of the heel-port to yield readily to the prying action oi. the joel( spindle 13 when the toe ot the shoe is pressed downwardly, makes it extremely easy lo. re' move the last from the shoe and because of .this ease of removal ull the previous liability offinjuring the shoe us above explaiiled, is eliminated. On the other hand. when 'the last is to he inserted in the shoe, my coustl'uotion enables it to zet all the recognized ,advantages of the regular slide last. l he forepart l is first inserted into the forepart of the shoe in usual manner, and then the heel-part is turuedinto the dotted line positiono, Figa. l with the surface 7 alininu` i,with thesur flfnf'whereupou the heel-part lis shoved downward into place simply hv reotly on the surface 5. with the result thatV the heel-part engages the lining' and counter of the shoe with an outward pressure as distinguished 'troni ay ilowuward-sliding pressure. ln. the usual hinged last., where i. in A vertical pressure, the surface 7 sliding di- 125 essznfj" to use a shoe .horn or spoon lle rear end of the heelepar obli [e diet the is inverted and the l1eel-part is turn down with a, Swingn jniovenz nlong i snpporiecl on the guck spindle 13. One of the path of an are abou? ne hinge pzntle or lille great practical drawbacks to most lasts 1s pivot es a center, the bottom reali comer' ol" l :flint5 1n rel; sting, when the last, ns stated, is he heel- 'art is very apt to l) vili :lown he l on n jack willi its lt-oloni side up in position 70 topedge oli' the counter, espemnllij in ois l 'For lhe opeizlhn' lo push the shoe onto the fouls i' low-culs, :so that it is nsnn' She oieprnl' el he lust will not remain lo E mfleneil position. bnl', will. slide or swing the heel-part to gel; started into t; into lenglienecl position, under the which strains the leather :unl ce ,r u le flo'm'lweml pressure which most operav75 patience. ly my eonstz'nf'limi, in which l 'lost' invzniebly use in Connection with he heel-paul not *obliged lo enter Ue wird' main shoving pressure exerted by any suoli swinging` n'iovenienl, this hunger I' A 1e pushed over the toe of the of 'leaking clown the op erige of the :shoe nl lh@ heel. 'lhecopeming broad ai; the Counter is not presenl menne@ s s ses 'faces 3, '7,` oi the forepnrtfand is so short when it Quiere lin: het is e adjacent the crown of the inst, and escapes engagement with the (op oi. i i

l on of the connecting meinhe there'- counter afiliogether when being insel'efl, :md jiernms sind faces automatically to the bottom edge ol' the heel-purl; is en'l'irely n to euch other, overcomes within the shoe before it erin eonle info onlty7 that the last invariably re- 85 rei nl, Withou requiring special Celis, hinges, oi' other cumbersome or shoe :it all. This will be evident viewinff v. Y"

gag/ement With 1the counter lfmilion fol' lle l the dotted line pork on u, lug. l. l inlencl .herein to Chinn dotted llneposlion o, v l lh@ .re ln'oaily.

tion into which he heelpin-ii its full line ,of Iion for i'en'lo'vnl Moni n Il sind C indie:A es he [msiion whim-lz he heelpm'l finally inw: when il'niiliei in'ipo'izn'n; iff suotimh which of. einlly in n.. follower' Whether. the lini-f ned feature relates pri- El() when used is a follower, Unire olI invention is i im* either .oblast or fol-- fs nim (zo r nplish for the i y e hiet of elle ym patent 95 l :accomplished foi 'the gi fing; sj; enti'enee and exill v. "ich,

,ai he last to providing' ille il l s, und loin ille einen, Jn, While thus accom- Wells 3, 5, :un fl heel-pari, w1 Yh plisnn'ig the srnlghl outward thrust agzunst ating oblique will T. at :in any other, and connes? ing lh@ heel-pan l provide zi swinging' inovenien for easy reoi'nn of confirms-ing nw limi; n o naomi'. oust infini/enti@ l pre entonmx'tie hnn of miniemeno iinl means ali'eaily" oonbining ille d i. lie new results 10b' f 'l f eoimngly it Will be il' i lie noeliifn lo the link ons pal-ents, as for instance lading (3'?-l,085) no1' to av in. sliding movement 1.10

o, 31,?83) no1' to n e, aaa-'izging inofe- (if ille fore :nil when lust is in lengheneal posifn nml inn:- 'i abutting conziet; against lh@ Lippe-f oi said. two oblique Walls of the 'orepaft when the last is in shortenelgl pon n, .sind construetion elleetiA-'igl said eon' the par@ in such :i manner 'that in'nee; oi' pressures are resisted fee/ n'nl'ndlv support of lie' I means being olf Si` that it CloeI not: i but rather eopem mean lo i'eilfrielz in; for :wool shelling lh is. 'l'hzi the above menionm" in stable pi "ion e my invention irrespeeli ol" connecting ineens is ein l. prefer to continue i to the bottom of ihe l`v so fai' eonlfcerns this inertie my invention, lVhen a shoe y .inveniiioln what l lo s-eenz'e by Letters lllr iles is,

ze mznbinntion of :1,

oi.' ont affording a Recent of peri ting' the heel-part 120 shi-ie 3io ,slide downwardly and in snbstanial parallelism to Y points for engaging the counter poz'iion of :Il shoe, and' to swing upwardly d foi' leaving like connte' portion of the shoe, `12.5

ed. e'. e., 1s oeing forced heel: oy he last7 the heel-pmt of the his?, in ille po. on iin- Cii-cnleal. the c'lolecl line el, l, :epi/ing 1 e mimic in nhlin divided last, the combination of :i sind forepnr severed from each av line o1 ein affordingsi surfent 18C 'lie lining); when he niet is put inw time Shoe, 100l ai'ig'le capable ofvv permitting the heel-part when in the shoe to slide downwardly and rearvnn'dly in subetantial. parallelism (o itself at all pointe i or engagi' grille counter A ol a shoe, and to swing* upwardly for leaving; the counter portion of the shoe, eenneotingr means for Said two laat-parts, end means for inaintaining1 the lastparts in alf. ment against lateral shifting'.

13. The combination, in a divided. last, oit' a. torepart and heel-part separated at their upper poi-Lione by an intervening gap and thenoe farparaled along; a line of 'out extending, oblieiaely downwardly and oontii'luously reurwaro a t every. sono 'ding lower point to the bottino ofi' the last troni 'the bottom of said p which. bottom coincides with a i t 4oealied at e dl ,ance from the'bottorn he heel-part when in on in a shoe to have eollapei'ng movement, ,rilmut loiurtheuing, about said point as a oenlerj an nonnoeting means arranged to eoiperato 'ivf the uninterrupted rearward oblique line f eranee in permittingthe her-lipari. to have final sliding,1 movement in substantial nrallelism to itselic back into fully lengthened position in the vshoe.

Lt. ln a divided last., a forepart and heelpainv having angular see'an't faces at their meeting ends with level, uninterrupted sur- Funes iuninittingg; said last-parts to slide on each other in going 'to lengthened "position, and the angle being located about midway :troni bott in to top oit' the lastand eonetitutingr the hvotal eenteriior the heel-part to turn on in its upward swinging;4 mm'enient and eonuectingr means liavingalength which limits said downward movement to fully 43 lei lhened po ion1 the see-ant ends and eoning;- ineane being:- eonsiruoteiil and operng te permit the heel-part to have a combined mvinggglng and Slidingcollapsing movehoe, and lio permit said heel- :t to ha when in the shoe, an ohliquely dounu' "l and rearward eontinuouely-slidu f .long nii movement to fully extended tion againet the .eounler of the shoe, rei-elly ilu, bark and front of said heelr move down wu h r-uibzs'tantially the saine to the end oi' the lengtl'iening lmove- ,l Miart having; at its ,xtel'uling rearwardly and in a ingle n1i'iinterrupted ob- A throughout the entire extent :-,u1laf,:f over which the heel-part slides,

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hij hee parthaviug a eonuiilemeiital surineey all constructed and arporuiitthe heel-part to slide down-v i on and in eontinuoue Contact at all the last is .in a shoe, until the heel-part is in fully lengthened poaition, the upper end of one of said last.pa1.'ls being out away at an angle to said wall from a point located ar a distan :e from the bottom of the last permitting the heel-part to disengage from the counter of the shoe by a shortening swinging movement and said Connection being located at .suoli a height and position in the last with reference to said point as to i permit said shortening' swinging movement without interfering with said slidingI lengthening movement.

6. In a divided last, the combination with a forepart and heel-part, of a link connection pivoted at its opposite ends in the re spective last-parts, the torepart having at its rear end a wall extending obliquely rearwardly and downwardly to the bottoni oli the last, said wall, from approximately the middle of the last, extending in a single uninterrupted plane to the bottom of the last, and the heelpart having a eoinplemental flat surface abutting flat against the forepart when the last is in lengthened position, permitting the heel-part to slide continuously rearward and downward on said wall until it reaches fully lengthened position, the upper end of the forepart from the top end of its said uninterruliited plane at approximately said vmiddle of the last being eut away at an angle to said plane all constructed and operating to permit a swinging shorteningr movement of the heel-part for disengagement from the Counter portion of a shoe, and a downward and continuously rearward sliding movement. when in the shoe, to fully lengthened position against the counter.

7. A divided last, haring` a heel-part provided at its front end with a seeant wall extending downwardly and rearwardly in an oblique plane7 and a forepart provided at its rear end with a Servant wall extending down- 'wardly from an intermediate point, in a single uninterrupted plane the same as said wall of the l1eel-part and with a seeant wall deflected obliquely `t'oiward and upward .from said ypoint at an angle from said plane, said point being located at a distance from the bottom of the last permitting the heelpart to disengage from the counter of the shoe by a combined swinging-sliding, oontinuous- Contact movement upon removal :trom the shoe, and connecting means for said two last parts. y

8. A divided last7 having a heel-part provided at its front end with a ser-.ant plane wall extending downwardly and rearwardly in an oblique plane, and a forepart provided at its rear end with a seeantwall extending downwardly from a1. intermediate point, in the same nnimlerrupted lane as said wall of the heel-part and with a seeant wall der`e torepart wall, when tleeted obliquely forward. and upward from y of seid liist. parts io ine intermediate point ab an from siiicl plane7 Said point being2 located at n, ilisl'iniee from' lbotoni of the last pei"- inilvtiiig llvie heel-parl to disengage from the counter of Llie shoe by a` swinging movement about said point upon removal from. ilie Shoe, und i lconnecting plate between said last parts, Willi ii Slot sind pin at one end in onepermitting the liilei to reinziiii in inulnal Contact tlii'onglioul` their enlire collapsing and lengthening movements.

l). .ln e divided last, a heel-part :ind forepui't severed from einli other by :i line oi' cnt permitting the lieel;i:ii'l when in the shoe loslicle downwardly :nul rearwardly iii substantial parallelism 'lo ilsell' iii :ill points for engaging tlie counter portion oiC ii shoe :ind to Ae'wiiig upwardly for leaving 'lie coun- 'er portion of' the ,will lwo lust parte, :ind n shouldered projeo lion extending' :ipproxinnitely vertically from `lilio lieel-pzirl'` into llie l'orepiii'l foi' inninl'iiining` llie liisi; parte in zilineinent.

l0. A, divided leef, having ils forepiiitproviileil :il ils reni' end willi two l'i'iinevei'` iiieel'ing;y seciiiit iiices it :in :ingle lo enen ollier mul bolli extending obliqliely downwzii'rl aiinl continuously' rearward toward lzlie heel eiifl ol' the lest, the lower of said two .seuziiil'iunces being' sleeper than tlie upper :ind extending in :i single pliine lo the line of meeting l'lie other lace, und having its l1eelpiii'l provided willi :in oblique seeiint fece eX- lending` in :i .Single plziiie llii'ougliout its entire iii'ezi adapted to rest Het against the lower o f said forepai't faces when the last is :ingle shoe, connecting' ineens for lengliened poiiion, and 'llal :igiiinsl itlie l upper oi2 Said forepiii'l faces when lie lzisis l in folly collapsed position Williin n .eli-loe5 anal Il ineens loeiinenenfly (':oniiecling ioi'epsirl j and lieel-pzirll and permitting i'lie lieebpei't I' lo adjust its Seid seciint face flat against the l l l l lower foreparl face when the lust is lengtheiied, and fiat against the upper oi'epzii face when. the ins is slioilened, whereby wlien the lam. is iii said shortened, position lie iil two abutting facer; lend to 'fiiffl in nniiii'lnining the lest in. 3iDo/intimi for :i shoe when being' reluel'eil.

l ill. iliviileil liis'7 lim'iii;A io, parte l ered by :in nng'uliii' line of ent' exl'eiiilingg' down from lie crown of llie liieli obliquely rearwardly, :i lDingle Connecting.;` link pivoliul in 'lie heel-parl und :ilso in l'lie loi'epnrl; :ippi'ofiin'izilely iniilwiiy from llie bottoni to llie lop of llie lest siil'iszinin-lly iii :i lioi'izoiil'nl plane when in lzisl-lengtliening position, llie upper poi'i'ion of Said s i'uliii' line ol' culo' lending in si plane which irs deflected i'irwiircl l'i'oiii ilie plane of llie contiguous part. of seid I' angular eut, Suid lest perle abutting liet against mieli olliei' in niulzuzilly siielziining eiiigzig'eniei'ii'y when in leiig-lieneil posiieii and also when iii slioi'lened position,

ln 'esiniony .vliei'eof` lf here iizniie to li-liis speeiieelion, in l'lie lwo snbsei'ibing Witnesses.

EDWIN 0. vll EN .QLER

signed nij/ ill/Yilziiesses:

lfionieiiy KEMRLE, Minne R. Hoer-T.

receiving preeenee oi."` 

